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University of South Alabama freshman Alexa Anderson was a top recruit nationally in the women’s track and field pole vault this past year, and still found time to take on the establishment.

Anderson filed a lawsuit against the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) over the summer after she stepped down from a medal podium to protest a transgender athlete. Anderson’s lawsuit alleges she was told to get out of the medalist photo shoot, and wasn’t given her third-place medal.

The lawsuit aims to ensure that high school athletes in Oregon are allowed to express their first amendment right to free speech without fear of retaliation from officials. The lawsuit has already cleared one of the OSAA’s motions to strike.

Anderson comes from a fami

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